“Our Representatives are scheduled to get together to discuss certain key elements. Additional meetings will be scheduled over the coming months, as necessary,” Trump added.
The White House’s press guidance, released Wednesday night, listed a bilateral meeting between Lula and Trump at 11:15 a.m., expected to take place before the White House press pool. But hours passed before it was confirmed that the meeting would remain private.
A source familiar with the meeting confirmed to Breitbart News that the Brazilian delegation wanted the meeting away from reporters out of fear that Lula would be asked about his critical rhetoric toward Trump.
Mary Margaret Olohan of the Daily Wire first reported that Lula’s team did not want reporters on hand for the meeting due to concerns about “tough questions.”
As one example of his Trump criticism, Lula called the war with Iran “madness.”
“It is unacceptable that Trump starts
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